Technics SL-40

Data

General

  • Manufacturer: National Panasonic Technics
  • Model: SL-40
  • Type: Record player
  • Years of manufacture: 1969 - 1973
  • Made in: Japan
  • Color: Black, Housing wood
  • Power consumption: 12 W
  • Dimensions: 485 x 175 x 375 mm (WxHxD)
  • Weight: 8 kg
  • Original price approx.: 39'800 Yen (Japan, 1972), 700 DM
    • Replacement needle: EPS-52STDD (55 DM)


Connections

  • Outputs:
    • Line-Out: MM EPC-86SM (Technics 280C), 3 mV


Technical Data

  • Drive: Belt drive
  • Motor: 4-pole hysteresis AC motor.
  • Speed: 33 1/3, 45 UPM
  • Speed fine adjustment:
  • Synchronous speed: < 0,07 %
  • Geräuschspannungsabstand: >50 dB
  • Rumble noise ratio: >
  • Turntable:
    • Diameter: 300 mm
    • Weight: 1,7 kg
  • Operating mode: Semi-automatic
  • Tonearm: S-shaped, statically balanced

Effective length: 220 mm

    • Overhang: 14 mm
  • Pickup:
    • Contact pressure: 0.25 - 3 g
    • Weight: 3 - 22 g
  • Pickup:
    • Type: MM EPC-86SM Technics 280C
    • Frequency response: 20 - 25'000 Hz
    • Channel separation: > 25 dB at 1'000 Hz
    • Replacement needle: EPS-52STDD


Special Features

  • tonearm oil damped

Remarks


Pictures

  • Excerpt from Japan brochure: Technics SL-30, SL-40

Technics SL-30-40-Werbung.jpg


Reports

Links

https://audio-database.com/TechnicsPanasonic/player/sl-40.html